Greg Sarris Explores Gentle Native American Point of View by Barry David Horwitz Masterful short story writer Greg Sarris has crafted a subtle and striking story of a naïve Native American youth, who travels back from Mexico to his birthplace in Santa Rosa, California. What he finds there at his deceased mother’s home is…
Millennial Notes Dan Hoyle’s Brilliant Investigative Theater Triumphs by Beau McGlasson From an early age, we are taught to color inside the lines, but we miss out on an equally important lesson—when to cross over the line. Dan Hoyle’s new one-man show called “Border People” uncovers lives caught outside the lines and in the…
Millennial Notes Lin-Manuel Miranda Celebrates Slice of U.S. Immigrant Life by Rosa Leither Calling Center REP’s production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical “In the Heights” merely “phenomenal” would be an understatement. I arrived with high expectations and left gushing at the star qualities of this incredible cast, set design, and choreography. Under the direction…
W. Fran Astorga’s Comic Vision Inspires with Grace & Eco-Poetry by Barry David Horwitz I have never seen a play like “Exhaustion Arroyo: Dancin’ Trees in the Ravine.” “Arroyo” is a totally original show that offers bi-lingual dialogue in English and Spanish—with no loss of understanding. Playwright W. Fran Astorga takes us along with…